Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Benjamin Glazer (1887-1958) was born in Belfast, Ireland. He was an attorney, a journalist with the
Philadelphia Press and wrote several plays and stage adoptions. In the 1930s, he worked for Paramount, chiefly as a producer. The collection
consists of manuscripts, copies, outlines, notes, synopses, musical scores, business materials, ephemera, and correspondence
relating to screenplays written or produced by Benjamin Glazer.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language:
English.

Administrative Information

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Glazer was born on May 7, 1887 in Belfast, Ireland; he became an attorney, and then a journalist with the
Philadelphia Press; wrote several plays and stage adoptions; in the early 1920s, he began writing screenplays for silent films, which he occasionally
produced or directed as well; in the late 1920s, he served as head of production at Pathé he continued with sound productions,
and in the 1930s worked mainly for Paramount, chiefly as a producer; screenplays include
The Merry Widow (1925),
The Dance of Life (1929),
A Farewell to Arms (1933), and
Tortilla Flat (1942); he died in 1958.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of manuscripts, copies, outlines, notes, synopses, musical scores, business materials, ephemera, and correspondence
relating to screenplays written or produced by Benjamin Glazer. Screenplays include
Anything Goes,
Breakfast in Bed,
A Farewell to Arms,
The Great Lover,
The Marvelous Mandarin,
Paris Calling,
Rasputin,
Slaves of Love,
Steamboats and Steamboating, and
The Woman-Hunter.

Organization and Arrangement

Collection arranged alphabetically by screenplay title.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.